As the war in Ukraine approaches its first-year mark, NPR’s Scott Simon talks with former NATO staffer and retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gordon Davis Jr. about the next phase of the conflict.
Secretary of State Blinken, Vice President Harris will meet China’s top diplomat Wang Yi in Munich
The U.S. Secretary of State is expected to talk with China’s top foreign diplomat during a conference in Munich. Tensions between both nations are high over an alleged surveillance balloon.
Sean Penn premieres love letter to Ukraine at Berlin fest
Sean Penn premiered “Superpower”, his admiring portrait of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at war, telling the Berlin film festival Saturday the movie was also a wakeup call about Americans’ own fragile democracy.The two-time Oscar winner was i…
Editor’s Note
Busy today doing personal stuff. Blogging will return later this evening.
500-Year-Old Leonardo Da Vinci Sketches Show Him Grappling With Gravity
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Gizmodo: A team of engineers studying the 500-year-old, backward writings of Leonardo da Vinci have found evidence that the Italian polymath was working out gravity a century before its foundations were establis…
Turkey rescuers save two people 13 days after quake
Turkish rescuers on Saturday pulled three people alive from the rubble 13 days after a massive quake killed tens of thousands, but one, a 12-year-old, later died.More than 43,000 people died after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey …
North Korea test-fires ICBM as US and South Korea prepare joint drills
North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.
‘Feedback loops’ worsening climate crisis: report
Global warming melts sea ice, which leads to further warming because water absorbs more heat than ice, creating what scientists call a “climate feedback loop.”A report released Friday contains what researchers believe is the most comprehensive list of…